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EcoUnionist News #35
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, February 19, 2015
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are not the official position of the IWW (or even the IWW’s EUC) and do not necessarily represent the views of anyone but the author’s.
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Stories:
- Register now for the Future of Railroads: Safety, Workers, Community & the Environment Conferences: Richmond, California (March 14, 2015) and Olympia, Washington (March 21, 2015) - railroadconference.org
- Gulf Coast Refineries: Texas’ Ticking Time Bombs - By Remington Alessi, Mint Press News, February 16, 2015
- Support the USW Oil Workers ULP Strike and Defense Fund - USW Fundraising Appeal
USW Refinery Workers Strike News:
- Striking Oil Workers Are Fighting for Safe Communities, Not Just Better Conditions for Themselves - By Leo Gerard, In These Times, February 17, 2015
- Welcome to The Oil Strike Newsletter (Issue 1) - United Steelworkers, February 12, 2015
- After a string of accidents, refinery workers strike for safety - By Kate Schimel, High Country News, February 13, 2015
- Bosses' Big Dinner Ruined by Oil Strike - By Steve Garey and Brandi Sanders, The People's Daily Morning Star, February 14, 2015
- For striking U.S. refinery workers, Shell shows a new face - By Erwin Seba, Reuters, February 3, 2015
- Managers bunk down at U.S. refineries as strike enters third week - By Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters, February 15, 2015
- United Steelworkers, Royal Dutch Shell Negotiations To Resume Next Week - By Micheal Kaufman, Bidness Etc, February 12, 2015
- USW leader: U.S. refinery strike could spread over safe staffing - By Erwin Seba, Reuters, February 16, 2015
Carbon Bubble:
- Baker Hughes, Midland driller to cut 150 more Texas jobs - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, February 17, 2015
- Enable Midstream to cut 10 percent of its workforce - By Robert Grattan, FuelFix, February 17, 2015
- Fracking’s Collapse - Compiled by Richard Averett, No Fracking Way, February 14, 2015
- Peaking Over the Precipice: The Red Queen Comes to Shale Oil - By Chip Northrup, No Fracking Way, February 15, 2015
Green Jobs and Just Transition:
- Draft trade union organizing statement for Paris events - Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, February 17, 2015
- Discussion memo for Paris - Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, February 17, 2015
- A foggy future in coal country; Five years after a mine explosion killed 29, few expect justice - By Alia Malek, Al Jazeera, February 13, 2015
- To Hell with Friends of Coal - By Nick Mullins, The Thoughtful Coal Miner, February 16, 2015
- 9,200 Solar Jobs in Arizona Despite Resistance from Big Utilities - By Anastasia Pantsios, EcoWatch, February 13, 2015
- 120 Solar Jobs For Veterans Vs. 35 Keystone XL Pipeline Jobs - By Tina Casey, Clean Technica, February 15, 2015
- Oregon’s Governor and the Grifter(s) - By Michael Donnelly, CounterPunch, February 13, 2015
- Penneast and the Taco Pipeline - By Dory Hippauf, No Fracking Way, February 15, 2015
- Thousands Participate in Global Divestment Day - Earth First! Newswire, February 14, 2015
Global Anti-Capitalism:
- Algeria: Protests challenge shale gas plans - By Rachida Lamri, Open Democracy, February 13, 2015
- March for Real Climate Leadership - By Dan Bacher, The EcoReport, February 14, 2015
- Statement of Assembly of the Poor Condemns violence - By The Assembly of the Poor, La Via Campesina, February 16, 2015
- 390,000 Hectacres May Be Seized from Farmers in Delhi; Rally Planned - By The National Alliance of People’s Movement, Counterview, February 16, 2015
Other News:
- Class, Change and Revolution - By Richard Wolf, Truthout, February 16, 2015
- Joint Statement: 2nd session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a UN declaration on the rights of peasants - La Via Campesina, February 17, 2015
- Setback for Energy Answers' proposed incinerator in Baltimore: purchase contracts terminated - By Van Smith, The City Paper, February 16, 2015
For more green news, please visit our news feeds section on ecology.iww.org; Twitter #IWWEUC
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